Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Raphael Lemkin across 8 places, from 1900 to 1955.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Raphael Lemkin (24 June 1900 – 28 August 1959) was a Polish Jewish lawyer who is known for coining the term "genocide" and for campaigning to establish the Genocide Convention, which legally defines the act.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Raphael Lemkin was documented, and when
24 June 1900exact date
Zel’va Districtattested“Lemkin was born Rafał Lemkin on 24 June 1900 in Bezwodne, a village in the Volkovyssky Uyezd of the Grodno Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Belarus).”source: Wikipedia: Raphael Lemkin
1926year
Lwówattested“Lemkin then moved on to Heidelberg University in Germany to study philosophy, returning to Lwów to study law in 1926.”source: Wikipedia: Raphael Lemkin
1926year
Heidelberg Universityattested“Lemkin then moved on to Heidelberg University in Germany to study philosophy, returning to Lwów to study law in 1926.”source: Wikipedia: Raphael Lemkin
1926year
Germanyattested“Lemkin then moved on to Heidelberg University in Germany to study philosophy, returning to Lwów to study law in 1926.”source: Wikipedia: Raphael Lemkin
1941year
United Statesattested“After arriving in the United States, at the invitation of McDermott, Lemkin joined the law faculty at Duke University in North Carolina in 1941.”source: Wikipedia: Raphael Lemkin
1941year
Duke Universityattested“After arriving in the United States, at the invitation of McDermott, Lemkin joined the law faculty at Duke University in North Carolina in 1941.”source: Wikipedia: Raphael Lemkin
1941year
North Carolinaattested“After arriving in the United States, at the invitation of McDermott, Lemkin joined the law faculty at Duke University in North Carolina in 1941.”source: Wikipedia: Raphael Lemkin
1955year
Rutgers School of Law–Newarkattested“In 1955, he became a Professor of Law at Rutgers School of Law in Newark.”source: Wikipedia: Raphael Lemkin
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1930year
Brzeżanymentioned“In 1930 he was promoted to Deputy Prosecutor in a local court in Brzeżany.”source: Wikipedia: Raphael Lemkin
1933year
Białystokmentioned“It was in Białystok that Lemkin became interested in laws against mass atrocities after learning about the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire and later the experience of Assyrians killed in Iraq during the 1933 Simele massacre.”source: Wikipedia: Raphael Lemkin
1933year
Iraqmentioned“It was in Białystok that Lemkin became interested in laws against mass atrocities after learning about the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire and later the experience of Assyrians killed in Iraq during the 1933 Simele massacre.”source: Wikipedia: Raphael Lemkin
1933year
Madridmentioned“In 1933 Lemkin made a presentation to the Legal Council of the League of Nations conference on international criminal law in Madrid, for which he prepared an essay on the Crime of Barbarity as a crime against international law.”source: Wikipedia: Raphael Lemkin
1934year
Madridmentioned“In 1934 Lemkin, under pressure from the Polish Foreign Minister for comments made at the Madrid conference, resigned his position and became a private solicitor in Warsaw.”source: Wikipedia: Raphael Lemkin
1934year
Warsawmentioned“In 1934 Lemkin, under pressure from the Polish Foreign Minister for comments made at the Madrid conference, resigned his position and became a private solicitor in Warsaw.”source: Wikipedia: Raphael Lemkin
1937year
Parismentioned“In 1937, Lemkin was appointed a member of the Polish mission to the 4th Congress on Criminal Law in Paris, where he also introduced the possibility of defending peace through criminal law.”source: Wikipedia: Raphael Lemkin
6 September 1939exact date
Vawkavyskmentioned“He left Warsaw on 6 September 1939 and made his way north-east towards Wolkowysk.”source: Wikipedia: Raphael Lemkin
6 September 1939exact date
Warsawmentioned“He left Warsaw on 6 September 1939 and made his way north-east towards Wolkowysk.”source: Wikipedia: Raphael Lemkin
1940year
Lithuaniamentioned“He barely evaded German capture, and traveled through Lithuania to reach Sweden by early spring of 1940.”source: Wikipedia: Raphael Lemkin
1940year
Swedenmentioned“He barely evaded German capture, and traveled through Lithuania to reach Sweden by early spring of 1940.”source: Wikipedia: Raphael Lemkin
1942year
University of Virginiamentioned“During the Summer of 1942 Lemkin lectured at the School of Military Government at the University of Virginia.”source: Wikipedia: Raphael Lemkin
1945year
Warsawmentioned“Lemkin worked as an Assistant Prosecutor in the District Court of Brzeżany (since 1945 Berezhany, Ukraine) and Warsaw, followed by a private legal practice in Warsaw.”source: Wikipedia: Raphael Lemkin
1948year
Montrealmentioned“Lemkin did however successfully help his brother and family to emigrate to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1948.”source: Wikipedia: Raphael Lemkin
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